CLAUDIA CARTER COUSSINS
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Hi, I'm Claudia
Life can sometimes feel heavy, confusing and lonely. But therapy and coaching can offer a supportive space to explore, heal, and cultivate joy. While I don’t believe it’s possible to fully understand another’s experience, together, we’ll work to uncover the habits holding you back, make courageous changes, process trauma & oppression, and embrace a more peaceful, fulfilling life.
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​​​Why I do what I do
My personal therapy catalysed my curiosity and understanding about mental health. This experience had a profound impact on me and it's my goal to provide that safe, compassionate (and sometimes challenging) space where you can find your own path to wellbeing.
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To complement the benefits of individual psychotherapy, I also work in community-based settings and collaborate with organisations who share a motivation for collective wellbeing and social justice. This exciting and sometimes painful work involves critiquing and resisting some conventional models of mental health.
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Black Feminism and Womanism: therapeutic perspectives
A four session weekly online course starting May 6th 2025...
I will be facilitating a a space to learn and unlearn together. Through discussion, participation and creative reflections, we will: engage with Black feminist discourses including intersectionality, womanism, transnationalism; consider the relationship between self-actualisation and self-recovery with collective struggle, social justice work and political resistance; explore community orientated care rooted in Black, indigenous healing practices; and imagine collective responses to contemporary therapeutic concerns through Black feminist perspectives. Through engaging with resources and each other, there will be space to reflect on your practice and shape your own therapeutic ethos.
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